Restricting access to certain non-standard applications

Aug 13, '03 09:08:00AM

Contributed by: Johnny_B

I have a Server with Mac OS X Server 10.2 on it. And I wanted to restrict what kind of applications some of my users could use. With all built-in Apple apps, and most everyone else's programs, it's no problem. Just restrict access to everything, then allow the apps you want them to use.

But with some apps, like CoooL and R-Name, when I add these applications, this shows up in my allow list: com.apple.creatorcode.????. Then I can't separate those two apps from each other, or other apps with the same behavior.

The fix for this is to show the contents of the application (control-click on the application, then select Show Package Contents), then edit the /Contents -> Info.plist file using Property List Editor, or the text editor of your choice. In Property List Editor, create a new child. Call the Property CFBundleIdentifier, the Class is String, and the Value is the name of the application. Save it, then try to re-add the app to Workgroup Manager, and look at that beauty! It should work as expected now.

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